Three Armies, led by Garan, Kiba and Aira, occupy an island hidden under a Gravity Curtain and fight to seize control over it. When the world government of WSO finds out that in next sixty-six hours the Gravity Curtain is going to overload and blow up the entire planet, they send the Skull Force - a special team of Super Robot pilots - to destroy three devices mantaining it. Among them are Ken "Amon-6" Kaido and Ryo "Lucifer-4" Magami, pilots of Mazinkaiser SKL.

Back from the Dead: Despite exploding in the first episode, Kiba comes back to battle SKL again.

Berserk Button: Ryo really doesn't like the concept of fate. Galan telling him "Your fate is sealed" in Episode 2 enrages him so much that he insists upon fighting Galan despite earlier mocking Ken for indulging in a one-on-one swordfight.

BFS: SKL's Sword, Ganzantou, which is even bigger and more fearsome looking than Mazinkaiser's Kaiser Blade. Its hilt can also extend to become a massive polearm-like weapon).

Blade on a Stick: Ryo can combine the Breast Triggers into a long-handled poleaxe.

The Cameo: Characters resembling Mazinger Z's mains appear in brief snippets in Episode 3: Kouji and Sayaka lookalikes are in a restaurant, Lori is the reporter, and the general who refuses to give Yuuki information on Iron Kaiser looks like an older Boss.

Cloning Blues: Strongly implied for Ryo, given what little we see of his past in this brief series. His Journey to the Center of the Mind, as well as a sequence in the opening, shows him surrounded by identical copies, and he says he fights to prove his own existence.

Cool Horse: In the ending of the final OVA, Mazinkaiser dual wieldsa spear and its signature BFSwhile riding on a mecha horse that transforms from a mecha motorcycle.

And the horse has skeletal bat wings to boot

Crystal Spires and Togas: The people from the Hachiryokaku faction seem to be modeled after this trope; including the pilots of the Psycho Gears, that fight while clad in togas and jewelry.

The appearance of Tsubasa Yuki's mecha, Wingle, bears an uncanny resemblance to the eponymous character from Devilman Lady. It also the successor of the female-shaped robots from other Mazinger series, like Aphrodite A, Venus A and Minerva X.

The crest that becomes SKL's Breast Triggers is shaped like Devilman's head.

When Yuuki tries to identify the mystery mecha (Iron Kaiser) in the final episode, Wingle's computer compares its silhouette to the mecha from this show and several RoBeasts from the original Mazinger Z.

Ken, after waking up Ryo from his unconsciousness says "If we died this easily, Great King Enma would be pissed!"

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